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	February 10, 2012

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		DICE 2012: Blizzard's Pearce on World Of Warcraft's launch hangover

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	February 10, 2012

		Principles of an Indie Game Bottom Feeder [18]

		Postmortem: CyberConnect 2's Solatorobo: Red the Hunter [1]

		Jerked Around by the Magic Circle - Clearing the Air Ten Years Later [39]


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Mark Venturelli's Blog Expert Blogs

Mark Venturelli does design at brazilian developer Critical Studio, and is currently working on it's debut title.

Contact him on venturelli [at] criticalstudio [dot] com [dot] br

or on twitter @markventurelli

Expert Blogs

The Perception of Roles In Game Systems
Posted by Mark Venturelli on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:49:00 EDT in Game Design
A quick look at gameplay roles and the different ways a game designer can communicate his systems.
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Space of Possibility and Pacing in Casual Game Design - A PopCap Case Study
Posted by Mark Venturelli on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:57:00 EST in Game Design
A look at design principles related to space of possibility and how to pace your casual game designs
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Mark Venturelli's Comments

Comment In: Story Design Tips: How To Save Bad Dialogue [Blog - 07/19/2011 - 09:25]
This is pure gold and ... This is pure gold and I'm surprised most cinematic triple-a games don't do stuff like this.

Comment In: Story Design Tips: The Art of Dialogue, Part II [Blog - 07/04/2011 - 08:46]
Great metaphor for game developers ... Great metaphor for game developers : Also, thanks a lot for your articles, I've read them all this morning and it's great to have so much useful information presented in such concise and well-written form.

Comment In: Minecraft is Unrealistic and Unethical [Blog - 12/10/2011 - 01:40]
I wonder if I'd put ... I wonder if I'd put you on fire, how many units of steak I'd get.

Comment In: Epic's Fortnite Is An Artistic Departure From Gears of War [News - 12/11/2011 - 01:46]
Epic's traditional photo-realistic depictions of ... Epic's traditional photo-realistic depictions of humans . I mean, really

Comment In: Nintendo Denies That Miyamoto Is Changing Roles [News - 12/07/2011 - 10:38]
This is very exciting ... This is very exciting

Comment In: Teaching Game Design: The Problems [Blog - 12/01/2011 - 11:37]
Great article, thanks a lot ... Great article, thanks a lot for this. This is exactly what is wrong with game design teaching in most institutions I know.